3 Axioms of Christology that Destroy Excuses for Present Sin
Here are 3 orthodox Christological statements (from creeds and scripture):
Christ has our exact humanity (homoousios with us in humanity)
Christ operated in his human nature distinct from his divine nature (dyoenergism)
He operates through both of His natures (Divinity and Humanity) concurrently, perpetually and distinctly.
If you hold these orthodox Christological principles (and understand them), then you can't escape the conclusion that everything Christ did in his earthly ministry was done through his human nature, empowered by the Spirit - which means it's reproducible in us who have the same human nature and same Spirit.
The incarnation rightly understood is God's nuclear weapon against sin. It obliterates the traditions of men, speculations of theologians and lukewarm Christianity that sees sin as inevitable, abiding in love as a lie and Christ as an impossible standard.
Romans 8:2-4 ESV
2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Hebrews 2:17-18 ESV
17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
1 John 3:5-8 ESV
5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 2:3-6 ESV
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.